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Smash Palace (Blu-ray) Ornette Coleman the Atlas of Mid-Century ModernPremiering at the 1981 Cannes Film Festival, Smash Palace was the second feature of Roger Donaldson following the success of Sleeping Dogs, a film which had heralded the arrival of the New Zealand New Wave. Smash Palace concerns itself with the marriage of former racing driver Al (Bruno Lawrence, The Quiet Earth) and French born Jacqui (Anna Jemison, Nomads). The pair had met when she nursed him back to health following a career ending injury. They